A suspected burglar may have a bone to pick with a city crime-fighter.

City police arrested Shannon Lee Bruce, 44, of Sixth Avenue, early Friday inside a home on Euclid Avenue.

Obie, a rookie police dog, sniffed his way to the alleged intruder who, police say, had burglarized another home on the street and was spotted by a 10-year-old boy who was home alone at the time.

Police were initially dispatched to the home when the child heard noise, spotted a suspected burglar and called 911. The suspect had broken through a rear door with a hammer and was "actively gathering property to steal from the home when he realized he had been discovered," police said.

When officers arrived, the thief was gone. A search of the neighborhood was begun and Officer Craig Faby put Obie to work. The four-legged sleuth quickly picked up a scent, police said.

"The trail was vigorously followed by Obie with his partner in tow, leading the pair a considerable distance through the neighborhood," Capt. John Cooney said.

The trail stopped in the 40 block of Euclid Avenue, where Faby saw a broken window. More police arrived and, within minutes, Bruce was found in a closet "covered with clothes in an unsuccessful effort to avoid capture," Cooney said. He said Bruce, who resisted arrest, sustained minor injuries that required treatment.